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upon Tarmah as the permanent residence of the Chiefs, as it was 
centrally situated, amongst his own clan, the Solizis of the Ba’i-zr 
division, by which name the people of Tarmah are still called; but 
they are, sometimes, also styled the Khan-khel, or Chieftain’s clan. 
The IChan-khel too may be subdivided, according to what the Khan 
Sahib said. The one being the family to which the Chief de facto 
belongs, the whole of the males of which are called Khans ; and the 
other, the family to which the Chieftainship rightfully belongs, or 
the Chief de jure , but whose family may have been set aside, or 
passed over, which is merely the Khan-khel. For instance: if a 
Suwati be asked to what clan a certain person belongs, he will say 
the Khan-khel; but it must be then asked whether the person is a 
Khan or only one of the Khan-khel. If he be a member of the 
family of the Chief de facto , he will reply he is a Khan ; but if of 
the family vcho may be the rightful claimants to the Chieftainship, 
but passed over, or set aside, he will say he is of the Khan-khel. 
The Tarmah Chiefs defacto 7 who are the heads of the Ba’i-zi division, 
are of two families, the bar-kor , or upper family or house, and the 
kuz-kor , or lower family or house, in reference to Tarmah and its 
dependencies above the Morey Pass, and Pala’i, and its dependencies 
below. These two families are descended from Jalal Khan, son of 
Hamzah Khan, above referred to, and are always at feud. Mir 
iFalam Khan Chief of Tar mail, Amir Ullah Khan ruler of Pala’i, and 
Masesum Khan, their brother, who dwells at Tarmah, are of the 
bar-kor; and Khurasan Khan, ruler of Zor-manddai, Sher-khana’i, 
and the two Baz-darali villages, and Babu Khan, who resides 
also at T arm ah, belong to the kuz-kor. Mir iEalam Khan, who 
is considered the greatest of the Tarmah Chiefs, is about fifty 
years of age. The next in rank and consideration is Masesum Khan, 
his brother, who is about thirty years old; then comes Amir Ullah 
of Pala’i, aged forty, and Khurasan Khan of Zor-mandda’i who is 
about fifty years of age ; and Babu Khan of Tarmah aged fifty, be¬ 
sides numerous children. 
The day passed away pleasantly enough under the shade of these 
beautiful trees; and in the evening we went to the residence of the 
chief; and in his guest chamber we remained the night. 
Tarmah, which is the most considerable town in Suwat, contains 
somewhat more than 1,000 houses, which, at the usual computation, 
